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generated before is unclear as the interpretation of speaker intended meaning. Since the context of utterance of this proverb is praise to a hardworking person
and also uttered to show how a hardworking person is highly valued by Banjarese community, we can generate several implicature which include:
1 Showing the essence of hardworking.
2 Showing that work hard for family does not bound by time.
Regarding the context of utterance, the clue of interpretation, and explicature already explained above, we can assume that the second implicature is
the intended meaning of the speaker. This implicature reveals that a Banjarese person should not waste the time and keep working hard.
f. Dedicate
The proverb which portrays dedicate behavior is sudah tamulai basah. It consists of three parts, sudah
‘have’, tamulai ‘start’, and basah ‘get wet’, which yields literal meaning
‘have started getting wet’. There is a clue within the proverb as the basis of interpretation; tamulai basah
‘started to get wet’. This clue contains a verb tamulai which shows an act begin to do something or started to be
something. This clue also contains an adjective basah or get wet which related to a job or work. So, the clue tamulai basah can be understood as already started to
do something. This clue indicates the thing which already started mentioned before cannot be stopped.
Using this clue, we can formulate an explicature ‘have started to do
something unstoppable ’. However, even we can generate an explicature, the true
intention of the speaker of this proverb is still unclear. We need to interpret it
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further using implicature meaning. Considering the explicature and the clues given above, the implicature that can be generated including:
1 Showing that a person cannot stop whatever he already did.
2 Showing that a Banjarese person should finish everything he has
started. The implicature number two is the most appropriate interpretation of this
proverb since it is used as an advice to be a dedicated person that does not run away from responsibility. This proverb also teaches on how to behave when
dealing a half-finished difficult job. It is usually uttered by parents for their children because in Banjarese community because being a dedicated person is
valued a lot.
g. Low-profile
This behaviour is portrayed by proverbs bisa-bisa mambawa awak and asal mambawa nang bujur, musti salamat diri. The proverb bisa-bisa mambawa
awak has three words bisa-bisa ‘a banjarese expression refers to being wise’,
mambawa ‘take, bring’, and awak ‘body’. This proverb literally means ‘being
wise in bringing body ’. There are two clues of interpretation which are shared by
the speaker and the listener which are assumed that both of them are the native of Banjarese, they are bisa-bisa and mambawa awak.
The first clue is bisa-bisa which does not has any real meaning. However, as mentioned above bisa-bisa is an expression refers to doing something wisely.
This expression shows independency and wisdom in it. The second clue is mambawa awak. It is a metaphoric expression comes from the verb mambawa and
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noun awak. The verb mambawa literally means bringing something and metaphorically means keeping something in one
’s control. The noun awak is a metaphor for the behaviour. So, the pharese mambawa awak refers to pay
attention on own behaviour. Using these two clues, the message delivered can be formulated into
explicature ‘wisely behave’. It explicates the imperative meaning of commanding someone to behave wisely. However, the explicature above is not enough to
describe speaker intention in uttering this proverb. Using a fact that the Banjarese people utter this proverb as a command or advice for a person who wants to stay
on a new environment or new neighbourhood and also using the explicature as the basis of interpreting, several implicatures can be generated. The implicatures
include: 1
Showing that a person should wisely behave in a new environment. 2
Showing that a person should behave according to the custom of the community he lives.
Since the context of the proverb containing those implicatures are for advising someone who wants to move away into a new neighbourhood
, ‘Showing that a person should behave according to the custom of the community he lives
’ is the most appropriate implicature for this proverb. Using the implicature found
before, we can conclude that each community or neighbourhood has their own customs and ways of life, each person who lives within those communities and
neighbours has to obey and behave according to the custom.
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h. Modest
